Buckle up motherfuckers, it’s about to be a bumpy ride the next few days, for me at least. I’ve dealt with my own mental illness long enough to know how to deal with the shit storm and it’s never a fun experience. Actually, it’s a fucking nightmare and the only …
At this point I’m used to the constant stream of verbal sewage that’s spewed anytime I post anything of relevance. In a way, it’s a litmus test and I haven’t really hit my mark unless I’ve pissed off a few people along the way. In this day and age, I …
This is one of those holiday traditions that I’ve always heard of, yet never had the chance to try or make myself until an event recently. Turns out that it’s as tasty as it sounds and really isn’t hard to make though I will say, some of the spices can …
I wasn’t there in person, the story was told to me years ago by another cook outside while getting high on cheap weed after a long night in the Kitchen where the stress had almost reached the tipping point. We’ve all seen it, it’s one of those situations that we …
So you can cook? How does that apply to daily life? Well the fact of the matter is that a lot of the skills we develop in the Kitchen are easily transferable. By far the most important is the concept of Mise En Place. It’s Kitchen French for “Have your …
I was only around 5 at the time and I remember the situation but not really knowing what was going on at the time. My mother and I had just picked up my grandfather from the hospital after having heart surgery. At the time he was probably around 70 I’d …
It’s funny that this is actually one the base recipes that was brought up when this whole concept was conceived due to the fact that there are a thousand ways to make it but it still comes down to some basic key components. Chili has always been one of my …
Dating is fun. Well actually, it’s a total fucking nightmare but when shallow anonymous hookups from Tinder fail to fill the void, you have no choice but to get to know new people on a personal level. Scary I know…. But let’s have some fun with it. Have you ever …
I think that it was sometime last summer during my stint in the Tetons that it hit me, Bill & Ted are, or would be in theory, responsible for what can best be described as “Biological Genocide”. How would it be possible to have a present let alone a future …
In the span of the past 27 years, I’ve worked in some seriously shady places for some outright bastards. But I’ve also been fortunate enough to have been able to cook at some truly mind blowing locations with some really cool people. While we can learn from both, this article …
